Press freedoms continue to decline Published at 23.03.2023 Country Poland Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling women refugees and migrants religious groups harassment protest people with disabilities surveillance HRD prosecuted environmental rights Read more
Cambodia: Ahead of elections, civil society and journalists face threats and criminalisation while restrictions on the opposition escalate Published at 03.07.2023 Country Cambodia Category Latest Developments Tags: youth women intimidation harassment HRD detained negative court ruling labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest restrictive law bureaucratic restriction surveillance HRD prosecuted land rights Read more
Freedom of expression under threat as anti-boycott bill enters Parliament Published at 06.07.2023 Country United Kingdom Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption refugees and migrants surveillance excessive force labour rights protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained Read more
Philippines: A year into the Marcos Jr presidency, arbitrary arrests, surveillance, attacks on journalists and enforced disappearances persist Published at 13.07.2023 Country Philippines Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption intimidation harassment HRD detained HRD killing excessive force public vilification enforced disappearance killing of journalist surveillance private sector non state actors women indigenous groups attack on journalist labour rights extractive industries restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights youth Read more
Thailand: Relentless prosecutions for lese-majesté as National Assembly blocks winning party from forming government Published at 11.08.2023 Country Thailand Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling youth women surveillance HRD killing negative court ruling labour rights criminal defamation protest censorship protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
Exiled government critic tracked and abducted in Nairobi Published at 30.04.2023 Country South Sudan Category Latest Developments Tags: release of HRDs surveillance HRD prosecuted intimidation Read more
Santo Domingo metro drivers strike for nine days Published at 24.08.2023 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
North Korea: Citizens arrested and executed for watching foreign films as authorities wiretap communication and block defections Published at 12.09.2023 Country North Korea Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship surveillance torture/ill-treatment restrictive law Read more
Myanmar: Despite arrests, torture and failure of ASEAN, activists continue to mobilise against the junta Published at 19.09.2023 Country Myanmar Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women youth harassment surveillance HRD detained negative court ruling excessive force criminal defamation labour rights enforced disappearance protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law bureaucratic restriction protestor(s) detained HRD prosecuted Read more
El personal del metro de Santo Domingo fue a la huelga nueve días Published at 24.08.2023 Country Dominican Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: surveillance refugees and migrants labour rights protest Read more
USA: Freedoms at risk with media raids and surveillance of protesters Published at 31.08.2023 Country United States of America Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling office raid harassment negative court ruling protest restrictive law surveillance environmental rights Read more
Sri Lanka: Journalists and activists targeted, protests stifled and new restrictive laws proposed Published at 13.10.2023 Country Sri Lanka Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women minority groups intimidation harassment attack on journalist excessive force protest prevention of protest torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained surveillance Read more
Afghanistan: Continued raids on and detention of activists, journalists, and crackdown on peaceful protests Published at 25.10.2023 Country Afghanistan Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling self censorship protest disruption women surveillance HRD detained excessive force protest prevention of protest killing of protestors torture/ill-treatment restrictive law journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
Cuba: Government authorities crack down on activists and journalists during the G77+China Summit Published at 25.10.2023 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
CSO report reveals covert use of biometric surveillance by Czech police Published at 14.08.2023 Country Czech Republic Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI protest disruption women refugees and migrants minority groups surveillance protest internet restriction violent protest protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Prominent historian has been the victim of cell phone spyware Published at 29.06.2023 Country Mexico Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption women intimidation labour rights protest surveillance Read more
Pegasus spyware “extensively” used to target journalists and activists in Armenia, new report finds Published at 18.05.2023 Country Armenia Category Latest Developments Tags: censorship access to info. law surveillance restrictive law Read more
Ireland ranks highly in freedom rankings but CSOs are concerned over LGBTQI+ and anti-immigrant incidents and surveillance laws Published at 18.10.2023 Country Ireland Category Latest Developments Tags: LGBTI refugees and migrants protest violent protest restrictive law access to info. law surveillance Read more
Climate activists’ homes raided, communications monitored; Pro-Palestinian protests repressed Published at 28.10.2023 Country Germany Category Latest Developments Tags: protest disruption office raid surveillance excessive force protest extractive industries violent protest censorship protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Concerns about rule of law in France as protests met with brutality Published at 28.10.2023 Country France Category Latest Developments Tags: positive court ruling protest disruption CSO closure minority groups intimidation religious groups surveillance attack on journalist excessive force labour rights protest public vilification prevention of protest violent protest restrictive law protestor(s) detained environmental rights Read more
Cuba: las autoridades reprimen a activistas y periodistas durante la cumbre del G77+China Published at 02.11.2023 Country Cuba Category Latest Developments Tags: intimidation harassment surveillance HRD detained internet restriction journalist detained protestor(s) detained Read more
